#6d737d

Color #6d737d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 6.62 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6d737d

RGB

rgb(109, 115, 125)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 6.8%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 12.8%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 8%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(48.25, -0.08, -6.27)

LCH

lch(48.25, 6.27, 269.27)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.0171, 260.59)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 42.7%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d776d

Analogous

#6d7b7d

#6d737d

#6f6d7d

Triadic

#6d737d

#7d6d73

#737d6d

Split-complementary

#6d737d

#7d6f6d

#7b7d6d

Tetradic

#6d737d

#776d7d

#7d776d

#737d6d

Square

#6d737d

#7d6d7b

#7d776d

#6d7d6f

Shades

Color #6d737d mixed toward black.

#5b6068

#494d53

#373a3f

#24262a

#121315

Tints

Color #6d737d mixed toward white.

#848a94

#9da1a9

#b5b9bf

#ced0d4

#e6e8ea

Tones

Color #6d737d mixed toward gray.

#6e737c

#70747a

#717479

#727478

#747576

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.4:1

White text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#70707b · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#6f6f7a · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#6d7978 · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 5.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d737d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d737d]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6d737d (#6d737d) is rgb(109, 115, 125) in RGB.

No, #6d737d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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